Castanea mollissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Fagaceae
Genus: Castanea
Species: Castanea mollissima

Name

Castanea mollissima Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Castanea sativa var. mollissima (Blume) Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 250 (1910).
Heterotypic
- Castanea sinensis Perr., Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 3: 108 (1825), nom. nud.
- Castanea bungeana Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 284 (1851).
- Castanea sativa var. bungeana (Blume) Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 250 (1910).
- Castanea vulgaris var. yunnanensis Fr., J. Bot. 20: 196 (1899).
- Castanea duclouxii Dode, Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 1908: 150 (1908).
- Castanea hupehensis Dode, Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 1908: 151 (1908).
- Castanea sativa var. formosana Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30: 304 (1911).
- Castanea formosana (Hayata) Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6 (Suppl.): 71 (1917).
- Castanea sativa var. intermedia Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 22: 275 (1915).
- Castanea mollissima var. pendula X.Y.Zhou & Z.D.Zhou, J. Jiangxi Agric. Univ. 1982(1): 7 (1982).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol), Manchuria (Liaoning), China North-Central (Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi), Qinghai, China Southeast (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang), Tibet.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea (North Korea), Nansei-shoto, Taiwan.
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent (doubtful)
  - Assam, East Himalaya (doubtful).
- Regional: Indo-China
  - Laos, Vietnam.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Massachusetts.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Windward Islands (Martinique).
Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Blume, C.L. 1849–1851. Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum sive stirpium Exoticarum, Novarum vel Minus Cognitarum ex Vivis aut Siccis Brevis Expositio et Descriptio. Leiden. Volumen 1. BHL Reference page. : 286

Additional references

Huang, C.C., Chang, Y.T. & Bartholomew, B.M. 1999. Fagaceae. Pp. 314–400 in Wu, Zh.Y. & Raven, P.H. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 4: Cycadaceae through Fagaceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 0-915279-70-3. efloras PDF Reference page.
Lee, Y.N., 1997. Flora of Korea [in Korean]. 3rd ed., Seoul: Kyohaksa, ISBN 89-09-02894-7, 1247 pp. Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. & Frodin, D. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales (Betulaceae, Corylaceae, Fagaceae and Ticodendraceae). VIII + 408 p. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-46-6. Reference page.
Chang, C.-S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.-S. 2014. Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF). 563 p. Seoul: T.B. Lee Herbarium. PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Castanea mollissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Mar 16. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2023. Castanea mollissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2023.
International Plant Names Index. 2023. Castanea mollissima. Published online. Accessed: 16 Mar 2023.
Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Castanea mollissima. Accessed: 16 Mar 2023.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Chinesische Kastanie
English: Chinese Chestnut
فارسی: شاه‌بلوط چینی
suomi: Kiinankastanja
galego: Castiñeiro da China
magyar: Kínai gesztenye
日本語: シナグリ
한국어: 약밤나무
norsk: Kinakastanje
polski: Kasztan chiński
русский: Каштан мягчайший
slovenščina: Kitajski kostanj
ไทย: เกาลัดจีน
Türkçe: Çin kestanesi
українська: Китайський каштан
Tiếng Việt: Dẻ Trùng Khánh
Vahcuengh: Maklaeq
中文: 板栗